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PAOI TWO ma daily tab wan. CiCSUrtflfcY, NOVEMBER 16,. 1953 Religion 'IlntHii;h the nation .during the past scv rral the tide of religion has been flood ing in what has tome to be called the revival of teligion. Kangclical churches have been particular ly able to recruit members, and the success of stub people as Hilly Graham and Oral Roberts ;t tests to the amusement value of religion in the nuxlcrn age. ItSnight be wise to cxamincJor a moment what these men and these churches are reviv ing. w hat the people in whom religion has becit rcivcd arc doing, and what has been done to the fundamental concept of man of a rational being. There is no time like the present when se curity means so much to so many. It is a time when man looks at the atomic bomb and can ictlie his physical weakness. It is time when man can sec his annihilation around the corner, but is afraid to look around that corner. It is an age of unreality in which mm finds himself incapable of looking at his world rationally, where his own resources arc strained, and where he thinks he has no place to go. It is a time for evaluation, and man can see only failures in shaping this world in which humanity is forgotten in the endless' game of personal ambition for am bition's sake. Anjl so mm looks to find solace from the piesdit failure, and not having strength to face reality and to deal with it, he leans on religion ?s a crutch, as a redeemer from his failures and a protector from future sins. AndHie sins the same way, but feels pro tected. It is not the average man's fault that he pursues this escape, for at no time in his life has he heard the words "think for your self." Applied to anything grenrer than a minor multiplication problem.. Thus, he has not been taught to think, and a system of thought is as foreign to him as day is to night. The fault lies in the missionary zeal of those like Hilly C.rpham, Oral Roberts, and others who arc selling religion to the high est bidder in wholesale lots. They plan emotional crusades picking the more obvious and most minor of man's sins to miliarias him and leave him vulnerable for a tide of emotion to sweep over him so that he. too. can be unthinkingly saved .vmong a mass of cheering spectators. These men have corrupted religion where it becomes impersonal, unfeeling, unthink ing and dogmatic. They have made man a dupe of himself by stripping away from him his power of reason. They have plied on his emotions so that they can cloud everything that would lend them to make a solution in tenns of reality for themselves. And the headlines read "Hilly Graham saves 1,000." he has not saved; he has killed. If the revival of religion meant that men were finding for themselves truth, and seek ing that truth, then the revival would be health if the revival meant that men were fleeing themselves from the secular gods of comfoit, pleasure, wealth, and status, then the icvival would be something to be hailed. If the people who were being revived to the faith even knew what thev were reviving. s- then it might be a good thing. Yet, this is not the case. Man's self respect is being destroyed through this revival. lie is being degraded and I km (led as an unthinking animal to the corral, and only those who seek to revive the doctrinaire faith are profiting. When they think back one cold winter night, that pro lit may seem hollow. s 'The job of religion now and in the future is to challenge man to find himself, to give him the courage to look at reality and seek a solution .to project that self into actions, woids. and belief, and to make himself in stead of weak and service strong and cour ageous. The Hilly Giaham's have been courageous on many issue s, notably civil lights .but they have not the courage within themselves to see the good in man and the potentiality for his greatness. There needs to be an awaken ing and a revival, but what needs to be rev ived is the image of the potentialities and possible greatness of man, and what needs to be awakened rrc these very people who are doing the most to revive "religion." J7 Town Men's I Running for the one year seat open in this dis trict is Don Dotson, 20, a junior from Chapel Hill. Dotson who received Student Party endorsement, made the following statement concerning his party endorsement:" "It was my intention to run lor the Legislature as an independent candidate. I appreciate the fact that the Student Party has endorsed me.'but I am not a member of the party and do not feel obli gated by the nomination." Dotson was asked the following questions: (1) Do you favor mixed Honor Councils? (2) What is tht relationship of the town to the University with regard to the parking situ ation? (3) How do you feel about the athletic sys tem presently in effect? This is the sixth in a series of articles cover ing the Student Legislature campaign district-by-district. The Daily Tar Heel will interview each candidate for legislature, asking each candidate three questions on issues that have been impor tant on this campus in the past and are important at the present time. In each district, all candi dates will be asked the same three questions from a list of some 15 questions to be asked all can didates. In this way The Daily Tar Heel hopes that both .the candidates point of view and ths major issues will be brought into focus. The sc ries is'being compiled by Dee Daniels and Stan Fisher, and continues today with Town Men's Dis tricts I, H and HI. Town Men's I problem of off campus parking. This problem is most acute in the area around the big fraternity court. I feel that the town has only aggravated the , parking problem in this area by having parallel parking and "no parking zones along Columbia Street In the future the town and the University should work more closely to solve the traffic and parking problems of Chapel. Hill. "The athletic department is one of the best de veloped and widest reaching departments in the University. The reason for the success of the ath letic department has been the large -amount i)f money spent by it for athletic scholarships. The . question has arisen as to whether the great finan cial support of the athletic department is beneficial to the University So I am in favor of the entire program, for I feel that it has not only given some worthy-boys a" chance to come to the University, but it has produced winning teams and these teams have greatly increased the school spirit." View & Preview Anthony Wolff Nominees on the UP ticket from Town Men's I for two 1 year Legislature seats are Bob Grubb and Dotson replied, "I suppose that by now anyone Bob Turner. Don Dotson who reads The Daily Tar Heel knows how I feel about the question of 'mixed councils.' I believe that by the time a person reaches college age, he should be willing to accept the good and the bad the pleasant and the unpleasant aspects of being an adult. Citizenship in the University community means responsibility to all of the students, male and female. Regardless of embarrassment and re gardless of the desire of the Women's Honor Coun cil, the Women's Residence Council, or any indi vidual or group of individuals, responsibility , to the whole student body should be the underlying prin- ideally mixed honor councils would be a good thing ciple, and separate councils are not a part of that because of the equality of decisions, but this single principle. advantage is far outweighed bv the impracticality "This summer, while serving as a member of the of Peunin? such a system summer school student government, I had an oppor- 4The town and the University both share the tunity to learn something of the attiutde of the town aldermen with regard to their attitude toward Following are the questions given them. (1) Are you for mixed honor councils? (2) What is the relationship of the University and town with regard to parking on campus? (3) What do you think of the athletic system in effect presently? Bob Grubb Grubb, a sopnomore from Charlotte, said: "I am acainst having mixed honor councils. Bob Turner Turner, a senior from Lanett, Ala., says, "I do not chose to comment on these questions." Town Men's II . Charlie Gray, the incumbent in Town Men's n, is a junior from Gastonia. He was re-nominated by the UP to represent the financial picture of student government in the Legislature, since he is treasurer of the student body. The scries of questions for this district were: (1) Are you for deferred rush? , (2) What would be the best type of cut sys tem? (3) Would you enforce more rigidly or do away with the drinking regulations at UNC? ' Charlie Gray In answering the questions, Gray said; "At the present time I am against deferred rush. Ideally this system has some good points. It would give a boy a better chance to analyze the fraternity system and it would give the fraternities more time to look over prospective pledges. However, practi- the University. As I attended their meetings con- Chapel Hill is extremely involved and quite techni cerning the parking maters, which now grace our cal. Under the present system, the University pro streets, it was obvious that the town aldermen look vides itself with cheap utilities (in some instances on the University as a somewhat secondary attach- makes a profit by providing services to Chapel Hill mcnt to the community and the interests of the but is not under the control of state regulatory corn town's coffers. While I do not believe that the al- missions. Thus if a citizen of Chapel Hill has a dermen represent the feelings of the merchants who complaint tnai prices are oui 01 nne or service 10 Cally,-this system is not feasible at the present deal primarily with students, the overwhelming ma- poor, there is no commission ot which he can ap- time- Many peopie have mentioned the economic jority of the merchants, it is obvious that the offi- peal. With private industry in control, the Univer- side of the probiem. Fraternities operate on a high cials of the town have very little concern for the sity would be forced to make a substantial outlay financial basis. Most of the smaller fraternities students, despite the fact that the nickles of the stu- for its utilities. ''','. dents and faculty of the University will fill the The ony idea, solution would be to make 'it parking mecrs as well as the cash registers of the possible or University-owned utilities to be within town. At this juncture, the relationship is somewhat the jurisdiction of tne state regujatory commissions, one-sided. '"Having lived all of my 19 years in an area of "I believe that athletic participation is a vital tne United states commonly referred to as 'Rebel part of a person's education and is something that Tcrritory. (you can.t g0 much farther south than should be continued through life. I enjoy sports New 0rleans)t r feel keenly aware o the difficulty as a spectator, particularly football. I think that the involved in changing or even modifying tradition athletes here at Carolina are a definite asset to the whkh has beea practiced for eenuriej. However. University as a group and as individuals. I am very we are citizens o a . country which claims to all, satisfied with the athletic program." home and abroad, that the United States Is demo cratic. The world, which is over 23 'colored,' listens p AAtn'e II to our claim witn tne same e!ir as they listen to I OWll IVlwn S II our cries for peace, freedom, equality, international ' 1 " cooperation, etc. What happens when the 'uncdm?T A one year scat is open in this district. Rick mitted peoples' of the world hear our claim of dom Wolfer wa running for this seat on the Student ocracy and plea for peace and at the same time Party ticket, bu had to withdraw his candidacy be- read about paratroopers in Little Rock, school clos causc of his academic load. mgs in Virginia, bombings in Clinton, 1 race riots in Pennsylvania? Would it not be possible to que3- Town Vlon's III tion and esitimately' 311 tne united states' pfo Two one year scats are open in this district. ' "But the international situation, no matter how . James Pittman and Ed Levy are seeking the seats on ominous it may appear, would not serve as justifies- the SP ticket. Levy has received endorsement also n " eminaung segregation, ine eenuai que- from the University Party. Questions asked in the district were: (1) Htw do you feel about University owned would fail and even the larger ones would suffer economically if deferred rush were started. "Also there exists the problem of "illegal rush ing." This is a tremendous problem even in the short period before fail rush. Just think of the problem that would exist for a whole semester. My final objection is that deferred rushing would keep fraternities and sororities from rising to a higher rating. The lengthened period before rush would allow the top fraternities to receive the most out standing boys. Therefore, the good would becoma better and the fraternity or sorority that needs to rise would drop lower. For these reasons I'm against deferred rushing. , "This question (best type of cut system) is one that I cannot truthfully answer, since the two sys tems wheih I have been under have shown definite falws. I doubt if anyone could provide an absolute ly workable system now. I do, however, think that every student should be allowed at least three un excused cuts? Any cuts above the three should be between the faculty and the students, taking into consideration the class and academic standing of the student. -- - "There are parts of campus life where I think the drinking regulations should be more strictly enforced and other parts where I think 'enforcement 4 PLAYS BY WILLIAM INGE: COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA; PICNIC; BUS STOP; THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. 304 pp. New York: Random House. $5.00. William Inge is a misfit in the triumvirate of Inge, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. He is, for one thing, the most com mercially successful of the three: his four Broadway offerings, all of them sold to Hollywood, have made him a wealthy man. Artistical ly, on the other hand, he is the most mediocre, for no matter how far Milland and Williams have fallen short of artistic fulfillment, Inge has remained considerably less brilliant. Inge's comparative mediocrity stems not from a failure of his plays to realize themselves, but rither from the fact that his plays, even fully realized, are of lesser stature than those of his two peers. While Miller and Williams strive to bend their material to the traditional uses of great drama, utilizing the unweildy materials of contemporary American civilization, Inge remains content to ignore the ultimate issues which the drama can express in favor of a superficially gimmicked soap opera : approach to human existence. So Inge, despite the fact that he is the only one of the three who .has never known critical disfavor, and who has made a small fortune from his plays, is also .the only one of the three who cannot be considered a major figure in the history of the American theatre or a potent force in modern world drama. Arthur Miller and Ten nessee Williams are widely discussed not only in terms of the theatre, but also in terms of religion and philosophy, as artists who have contributed to the definition and expression of the human sit uation as it is manifested in modern life: Inge is discussed most passionately outside of theatres where his works are being perform ed, the discussion diminishing toward Sardi's and becoming less and less cogent as it travel's beyond. A reading of this volume of Inge's collected works provides the reason for the big noise outside the theatre and the subse quent silence: it is that Inge's plays have theatrical impact,, due large ly to the fact that they have been excellenly acted and directed on Broadway and in the movies, but they are philosophically defunct. Reading his plays, without the benefit of expert acting and directing, it is possible to experience the essential boredom of them The boredom is due partly to the raw material with, which Inge chooses to work the average citizen of his native Kansas, but both Miller and Williams, not to mention O'Neill, have written powerful and cogent drama using just such humdrum characters, foregoing the -eloquent speech and fine passions of traditional great drama. The fault in Inge's plays goes deeper than his raw material: it is the playwright's inability or unwillingness to see his characters in depth and to express universal ultimates through their everyday predicaments. In place of authentic depth, Inge substitutes super ficial resolutions to inarticulated problems, with a gloss of vague symbols and accessory gimmicks. The typical superficial resolution in Inge is conjugal love, or sometimes just plain sex. The hero is invariably lonely, frustrated in the world, unsure of himself. He confesses to a woman his in ability to face life alone, abandons his unique and masculine mode of adjustment, and makes the easy leap into the conjugal bed. In such a resolution, half a man plus half a woman (she can't do with out hkn, either) are supposed to equal one mature individuated hu man being, (c.f. Robert Brustein's article, "The Men-Taming Women or William Inge" in the November HARPER'S.) This simple formula applies in each of Inge's four plays, and it is always the central issue, arond which he palywright groups sexual symbols (most ex plicit in the javelin-phallus symbol in COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA and the "cowboy" as a symbol in the other three plays). Reading Inge's plays, especially after seeing them on the stage, is a - dissappointing experience: their invalidity, deprived of the emotionally satisfying artificialities of staged presentation, becomes deadeningly clear. They are unexciting reading. tion is whether 'built-in' prejudices and; discrimin- iwould be. wholly unpractical. The drinking displays ation is compatible with the democratic principle, tat athletic contests, have shown a need for stricter My answer would necessarily be an emphatic 'no. enforcement While enforcement at r certain social 'I believe in an, individual's guaranteed right to dis affairs would be turning face to the fact that drink crimnate, but enforced segregation by the local, ing has become an enrooted part of society. Be state, or national government is contrary to the cause of these differing ideas. - I cannot state a democratic concept. In a democracy there is no definite answer, pro or con. I think the best move reason why the government should see an individu- "t this time would be to do away with present un al in the light of his race, color, creed, or religion; Organized regulations and to formulate a more equality under the law is a basic premise of demo- definite and uniform set of drinking rules.!' cracy. ' , : . - '.v. ,. -;, . ' "It is unfortunate that desegration attempts in si; ToAm Man'c III the South have been so. painfui. When Southern X f w 1 1 1 "The University facilities, such as the lights, leaders arise who are famiUar wilh the southern sit- TTP nn j. ' ' . I. ; f ': ' ; ? . water, and snack shop and Lenoir Hall, I believe ,(i .,, ,urt ,:; ,t, ,3 L UP nominees for the two 1 year Legislative seats adequate. We must remember that we receive those lt uyt,uin , a v,D Pn Town Mens 111 are Ed Levy & Bill Stepp. , This Random House collection is important and worthwhile, nonetheless, but its value is for those interested in the current Amer ican stage as such, and not in the drama as an art.. utilities? (2) How do you feel about segregation? (3) What is your attitude toward deferred rush? James Pittman Pittman, 21, a scnioi from Williamston, answer ed: v Pip's Quips Pringle Pipkins services at a much smaller expenes than they could to establishing a more democratic system, then de segregation will proceed with less friction and more 3- b Their questions were: . (1) What do you think about University own ed utilities? (2) How do you feel about segregation? (3) How do you feel about deferred rush? Levy's coments appear on another section of J6.f this page. m Bill Stepp ailp ar Heel The official student publication of the Publication floard of the University of North Carolina, where H i published daily 1 - fxeept Monday and examination periods and summer term. Entered as second dais matter in the jK.st office in Chapel Hill. N. C. under fhr act of March 8 1870. Subscription rites: $430 per r -rstrr, $3.50 per - :r. be supplied by an outside firm. ;The major comp- consideration. laint that I have heard is that a better- system oi telephones is needed. The solution to this problem "The institution of a system of deferred rush at being the installation of the 'Hear-Here' booth so the University of North Carolina would prove bene that a person speaking on the phone can hear with- ficial to the University, to the students, and even out the other noises bothering him. tually, to the fraternities. Under a system of de ferred rush, the new student would have time to "I feel that integration is moving along very come somewhat adjusted to college life and h well on the UNC campus. There are Negro students wouId be capaWe of making an inleligent appraisai un campus wno um; a u.e wiiivciwi, uvmu Huilc of nig sodal neds flnd how these neeQJ. best ( stepp fl sophomore rom Marionj stated; freely. As more qualify through entrance examin be ulfilled Tne university would benefit from the "University-owned 1 utilities are a good thing, ations, more will be accepted. There has been some change because the possibility of students becoming They can give the, students better services at a controversy about their having been placed m one disorlented in their allegiances would be lessened, better rate than private concerns. However, their norm inMCda ui Vrcu uiu, uui wc iuun iucw Too often students tend to displace the allegiance that this was moderation in action, and only through they owe first to academic endeavor and then to moderation can this problem be solved. their University with an allegiance to some other "From economic standpoint, the fraternity will organization. The fraternity would eventually bene- suffer if a system of deferred rush were to be in- fit from a change to the deferred because they would rulation should come under the state utilities com mission since their services are available ' to the general public. "Segregation has reached the point where its institutions have started to crumble fast. This is in- i ? I ( i stalled. This is a foregone conclusion. Another argu- e admitting boys who have had sufficient time to evitabel under a system of government such as ours. mcnt is that the freshman does not have enough JudSe the various houses on a realistic -plane and time to adjust to college life before he is sen. bys who have had an opportunity to settle down through rush, but many people fail to see that the to -college life. . boys, once they do pledge a fraternity, are helped The change to a system o deferPed at to adjust by the fraternity. Each pledge is given a the university of North Carolina must -be preceded big brother' to whom he can bring his problems by the tollowing: a renovation of the social facilities and from whom he can seek advice. This system is (inciuding the student union) and social program- ucuci uiou me uru, tjrsicm uc v,unaciur ivr ming; a careful and thorough study of deferred X) 25 or more boys rush procedure; at least one year between enact- t CURTIS CANS Cditon CHARLIE SLOAN, CLARKE JONES ''Thus, for economic reasons and because a Dro- ment of deferred rush legislation and the time de- gram of deferred rush will hinder freshmen more errpi rush is to be instituted. The one year period than it would help them - I am against it." Ed Levy is to allow fratrnities time to adjust their finances to the new system. Now is the time that we must watch our step be cause the world is watching us just to see how we will handle this problem.: "As" I fee this problem, desegregation is inevit able Our concern as educated men and women is to accept the problem. and to work out our own . solution without-making fools of ourselves and our country. ' ' ' . . "As it stands n,ow, I am against deferred rush. My main objections are (1) it would wreck the "fin ancial situation ' of the small fraternities .and it would even injure the larger ones; (2) dirty rush For the well functioning of the Honor System it is important that the jury be chosen from a pre determined group selected through interviews. - The Honor System is' not fully accepted by all the members of the Carolina Campus. Many find easy enough to accept the first part not to lie, steal or cheat but find it difficult to adjust their philosophies to the idea that they are honor bound to turn in others. Considering there is a sizable percentage of the student body who hold some reservations con cerning the Honor System what would be the wisdom of forcing these people to serve on the jury' - In a person who simply does not believe' in anything of the Honor System going to be willing to find someeonee guilty? Is there not some danger that those who op pose the Honor System will make a farce out of justice and due punislunent? As the system is now set up students who are interested and have some knowlege of the Honor System an become elgible for jury duty. In this way the offender can be assured of a fair trial by people why the student community should conform. There are many diffeerent ways of doing things. In this division of student government there are no jails and no police force. Conse quently, the student government must depend on the good-will of the people for its well functioning. It would not be beneficial to the Honor System for a tradition of no conviction ' without regard of the evidence to begin. The strength of the jury system depends on the responsibility with which the jurors face their tasks. During each case there are two types of justice to be rendered justice to the individual and jus tice to the system. Only through interested and in formed jurors chosen for these qualities can fairness be given to both. 3ger WALKER BLANTON 'The institution of deferred rush should not be considered the first step toward abolishment of Levy, a junior .from New Orleans, La., answered: fraternities. I am a member and officer of a fraterni- could not be controlled during -the period of si lence; and (3) it would allow the larger fraternities wno have been adjudged to have to get the top boys. -' ' ' : some competency in the matter. "I am not saying that deferred rush is wroner. Carolina Honor System and I will agree that it is fine in principle and that it GEMS OF THOUGHT If you have great talents, in dustry will improve them; if but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiencies. Sam uel Smiles' limatum non carborundum "The controversy over whether the University ty and neither advocate nor intend tc suggest their has its virtues. But these virtues are completely Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those t.ho trial procedure are not the same, dared believe that something In- or private industry should own the utilities, of abolishment overshadowed by. the-' inevitable- bad results. as the legal system of the "out side world.'.' There is no reason 'side them teas superior to cir cumstance. Bruce Barton